The United States and China launched a research venture Wednesday to develop biofuels for use by Chinese airlines based on algae or oily nuts and said an inaugural flight could come as early as this year…

Nano-sized, single-celled algae are among Earth’s earliest life forms. They have been surviving in many of Earth’s harshest environments for 3.7 billion years. Algae’s simplicity enables these plants to…

Since growing up on a South Dakota dairy farm, Dallas Tonsager has accumulated over 35 years of agricultural, business, cooperative and financial experience through his work as a farmer, businessman, and community, state and national leader. In May of 2009…

Executive Director of the Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) for most of the past year, Mary Rosenthal, comes from a background in high-level sales, marketing and communications with several Fortune 500 companies in the food industry…

Nearly every human society that lived near an ocean, estuary or lake used algae for food, fodder for their animals, fertilizer for their fields and medicines for cuts, bruises and stomach ailments. Dried algae provided…

Chris Cassidy’s responsibility is to represent funding offerings through USDA Rural Development programs such as the Farm Bill, Rural Energy for America, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as well as other government-sponsored renewable…

OriginOil, Inc. has announced a direct-solar growth design that uses stacked algae layers to multiply the benefits of solar energy. The new design uses an array of lenses to direct solar radiation from the top…